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Description: | The handle from a small knife of composite construction, probably dating from AD1700-1800. It consists of two copper alloy openwork handle plates tapering from a rounded 'pistol grip' outer end towards the blade. A portion of the ferrous tang remains sandwiched between the two frames at the wider end of the handle. A copper alloy rivet holds these three sections together and remains in place. There is part of a circular perforation in the blade end of the handle, suggesting the placing of a further rivet. Each of the frames is perforated with four sub-rectangular holes and a fifth hole mirroring the shape of the outer end of the handle. There is a raised lip around all of these perforations suggesting a decorative inlay is missing. The handle is 60.2mm long, 11.7mm wide and 7.3mm thick. It weighs 5.69gm.Knives with handles of similar design are illustrated in Moore, 1995, Table Knives and Forks, page 24 and date from the 18th century. A folding knife with a handle of a similar type can be found on the database at reference NARC-68F693.
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